Day 73: A Love Letter from God About the Silence
Day 73: A Love Letter from God About Feeling Forgotten
My child,
You've been wondering if I've forgotten you. Not in some dramatic, sudden way — but slowly, quietly, the kind of doubt that creeps in when the answer doesn't come, when the season doesn't change, when everyone else's prayers seem to get answered faster than yours. You feel overlooked, like your name slipped through the cracks while I was busy elsewhere.
I want you to hear Me clearly: I have not forgotten you. Not for a single moment. Even a mother could more easily forget the child at her breast than I could forget you. I have carved you into the palms of My hands — not written on paper that could be lost, not stored in a memory that could fade, but engraved into Me, permanently, inseparably. You are not a name on a long list I'm slowly working through. You are Mine, specifically, individually, right now.
I know silence feels like absence. When you don't hear from Me the way you want to, it's easy to assume I've moved on to someone else's story. But My silence has never once meant I stopped paying attention. I am working in ways you can't yet see, preparing things you can't yet imagine, present in this waiting even when it feels empty. Just because you can't trace My hand doesn't mean it isn't moving.
God says, "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast? Even if she could, I would not forget you. See, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands."
You are not forgotten. You are not overlooked. You are not too small a story for Me to notice. I see every quiet, unnoticed thing you're carrying, and I have not looked away, not even once. Keep bringing Me your doubts about this. I would rather you tell Me you feel forgotten than stay silent and slowly believe it.
God
A Prayer for When You Feel Forgotten
Father, it's easy to believe I've been forgotten when the silence stretches on. Remind me that You see me, that You haven't looked away, and that Your timing isn't the same as absence. Help me trust that I am engraved on Your hands even when I can't feel it. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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